Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-02-18

w. n. Brown, of Mt. Pleasant, was
in town Monday.
Lakeview will have a creamery ready
for business April 9.
jim Carr was granted new trial by
the supreme court, Feb. 3rd
The 4-weeks-old daughter of MI and
Mrs. Kelso died Monday p. m.
r.. Moblo and w. II. Taft, of River
dale, were in town Monday on business
Edmore will bond the town and raise
81 600 as bonus for furniture factory.
Mrs. A. w. Wright visited her par
ents in st. GATHERINGS, Canada, last
week
Editor Hoskins, of the Leader, made
us a pleasant call Monday, between
trains.
Mrs. j. VanAntwerp has been very
i'll but, we are glad to say, is much
improved now.
7. a. Miller & Co. have received a
fine line Of wall papers which they will
soon place on exhibition.
VIM Carnahan went to IIubbardston
Tuesday to bring his family home from
quite an extended visit there.
Pine River Will send Is delegates to
the county convention to be held at
Ithaca to-day, Friday and Arcadia :,
Invitations were printed here the
! first Of the week for Calico Party to
be given in the Adams hall. Riverdale,
Monday evening, Feb 2lst.
The NJ. f. Society cleared S54 from
their Chicken Pie supper and literary
entertainment, Friday evening, and
the pastor ought to be quite happy now.
\ wcll-informed Mt Pleasant lady
tells the Enterprise that Congress passed
the final act making Michigan a state
of the Union, Jan. 26, 1896. instead of
Jan. -.
The Methodists of salt River started
in to hold revival meetings and succeed
ed in gaining one convert in weeks.
Shows what a tough town salt River
must be.
Miss Myrtle Reed was at home over
Sunday. She expresses herself very
much pleased with the school course at
Alma.-Lakeview Enterprise.
Mrs. b. W. Sperry, who is quite a
sufferer from poor health, took up her
residence at the Sanitarium. Saturday,
hoping to be benefited by short stay
in that institution.
1t is a cold day when the Mt Pleas
ant papers can't find something TO
wrangle over. Major Long, Of the
Soldiers Home, is the principal subject
Of discussion at present.
Work IS progressing upon the inter
ior Of the Episcopal church and soon
after the opening of spring it is not i'm
probable that the dedication Of this
handsome new structure will be an
nounced.
While in Bay City last week, Rev. j
VanAntwerp contracted a severe cold
and was unable to conduct services on
Sunday. Dr. Brainerd filled the pulpit
very gracefully and acceptably in the
morning. but no services were held in
the evening.
Counterfeit so United States Treas.
ury notes are ahoat. The note is of the
series Of 1850, letter G. is thick and
greasy, and one-eighth of an inch
shorter than the genuine. In the left
face. in the word certificate" tn,
letters r. T and + are engraved upside
down.
Alonzo Eagon, of Salt River. viii
hold an auction sale Of his household
goods, at his residence in Salt River
Friday, Feb. Is, commencing at
o'clock p. ~, Wm. Carnahan, of Alma
auctioneer. This is presumably tn,
last act in the breaking-up of a ono,
happy home.
All tNCHdlBc Will httu VII Icllltl hS
"Now that the Legislative bill to punisl
drunk and intoxicated persons has be
come law, the chap who has been il
the habit of evading punishment b,
getting drunk without becoming intox
icated will find his best loophole o
escape pmgged up and the combination
forgotten.
- Corunna Journal: 1t is reported tha
a woman living i'm New Haven though
she saw bear tracks in the snow undc
her hired girls window, and not wish
$ ing to alarm the family. set big stee
trap there without saying word to an
one. She had hardly retired foE Oh
- night when she was startled by serie
of vigorous yolls, and on investigation
IS found her husband around on one le
with the bear trap hanging TO tn